Window-grating



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L. N. BYAR.

WINDOW GRATING.

PatentedAug. 28, 1888.

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L. N. BYAR.

. WINDOW GRATING .No. 284,117. Pat ented Aug. 28,1883.

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WINDOW GRATlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,117, dated August28%, 1883.

Application filed June 19, 1883.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS N. BYAR, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Pottstown, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain Improvements in IVindow-Gratings, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of gratings whichare used for cellar-windows, the main object of my invention being tocombine an inner door or screen with the outer frame and grating withoutthe ne'- cessity of employing the usual wooden frame, and a furtherobject being the general improve ment of screens or gratings of thisclass.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a perspective Viewof my improved window-grating; Fig. 2, a sectional plan View of thesame, with the grating, screen, and glazed frame closed; Fig. 3, Sheet2, a perspective view of one corner of the structure, showing the methodof applying the glazed frame and screen to or removing them from theouter frame; and Fig. 4', a face view, partly in secusual, and isprovided with the ordinary hinged front grating, B.

To the inside of the frame A, at each end of the same, are pivotedframes D and F, the former being provided with screens a, and the framesF with panes b, of glass, said frames F fitting inside the frames D, asshown in Fig. 2, for the sake of compactness, and a single turn-buckle,d, on the frame A serving to confine either or both of the frames D andF when the latter are closed. By this means the window-opening may betightly closed by the glazed frames F, or upon opening said framesproper ventilation through the screens a is effected without permittingthe entrance of insects, a still freer flow of air being permitted uponopening the frames D.

In hanging the frames D and F the usual outer wooden frames aredispensed with, and

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ears f, and on each of the screen-frames D are ears 9, openings beingmade in both sets of cars. 011 each of the frames F are pins h, theupper pin being somewhat longer than the lower one, and the upper bar,2', of each frame F has a recess, m, formed therein adjacent to the pin.In fitting the parts together one of the frames D is first adjusted tothe frame A, the openings in the lugs or cars f and g being in linewitheach other. The upper pin it of one of the frames F is then passedthrough the openings in the ears f and g to the full extent permitted bythe recess m, as shown in Fig. 3. This allows the lower pin it to beswung into position overthe openings in the lower cars, so that ondepressing the frame F said lower pin enters the openings, and thepivoting of both frames D and F to the frame A is effected, as shown inFig. 1. The opposite frames, D and F, are hung-to the frame A in thesame manner.

Instead of using double frames pivoted at the outer ends and meeting inthe center, as shown, each of the frames D and F may be single, like thegrating B, the same method of pivoting the frames, however, beingadopted.

In order to effect the attachment of the screens to the frames D, Iprefer to provide said frames with pins, which pass through the meshesof the screens and are then bent down or flattened in order to retainsaid screens.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the outer grating and itsframe A with inner frames, D and F, the former carrying a screen, andthe frame F be ing glazed, as set forth.

2. The combination of the frame A, the frame D, and the frame F, havingpins h, adapted to openings in the frames A and D, and serving to pivotboth frames D and F to said frame A, as set forth.

Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEIVIS N. BYAR.

